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Thursday, May 26, 2016

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rules are simple simple: Each week there is a topic for
you to create a list of three movies. Your picks can either be
favourites/best, worst, hidden gems, or if you're up to it one of
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This week's Thursday Movie Picks
isThe Internet

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Ahh...the internet. Increasingly a part of our lives and increasingly being featured in movies. Do you guys remember the dial-up days? The loud annoying dialing noises and bad connection...glad those days are gone. Can't say I like most movies that show the internet prominently so these are just random picks of the ones I've seen.

Chatroom (2010)Released in 2010, this movie feels very outdated. By 2010social media had pretty much taken over chatrooms as the place youths hanged out, and some popular chatrooms like MSN chat had already been shut down a couple of years before. While the movie has a psychological thriller element to it, it mostly feels like a "big scary internet" tvmovie that feeds parents paranoia. Men, Women & Children (2014)Once again it feels a little dated and too heavy on the cautionary tale aspect. I thought it was funny how the synopsis of the movie had this "teenagers and their parents as they attempt to navigate the many ways the internet has changed their relationships..." I thought that was odd; the internet isn't exactly a new phenomenon andespecially for the teens in this, it's not like they ever had a "before there was internet" life. Chef (2014)
Not exactly a movie about the internet, but it's one of the few I think that shows both the negatives and positives of the internet. The main character may have begun with a negative experience with the internet, but with the help of his tech/net savvy son, he gets a following for his new food truck business.

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Thursday, May 19, 2016

Hello there and welcome to Thursday Movie Picks a weekly series where you share three movie picks each Thursday. The
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you to create a list of three movies. Your picks can either be
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This week's Thursday Movie Picks
isAlien Movies

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I haven't watch any Alien movies lately, so am looking forward to checking some new-ish recommendations this week. My picks today are the ones I watched post 2000s

Paul (2011)Two geeks help an alien, Paul, to get home. Truthfully I don't remember much of this movie other than it was funny and fun. It's not part of the Cornetto Trilogy but it feels very much like it. Maybe not as good as Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead, more on par with The World's End.

Edge of Tomorrow (2014)Inexperienced officer gets thrown into the front lines of war against aliens and has to relieve the same day every time he dies. Great action movie and has a hero that's endearing because he fails so many times, but keeps on trying.Honeymoon (2014)
This is perhaps my most recent Alien-ish watch. Newly weds go on honeymoon at a secluded cabin. Something weird happens to the wife one night, she starts acting out of character and her husband struggles to figure out what exactly happened to her. Very creepy; the whole isolated cabin thing and that they're newly weds who perhaps may not really have known each other that well certainly adds to the eeriness.

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Thursday, May 12, 2016

Hello there and welcome to Thursday Movie Picks a weekly series where you share three movie picks each Thursday. The
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This week's theme is a suggestion from Wendell@DellonMovies. I haven't seen any Spanish language films lately so I'm going to pick some of my old favourites.

Volver (2006)Colourful, lively and funny, I really enjoyed this female-centric dramaPan's Labyrinth (2006)If you love dark fairy tales and stories where the lines between what's real and what's fantasy is blurred, then you'll love this. Question if you have seen this: did you think the fantasy world is real or did Ofelia made it up as an escape?

The Devil's Backbone (2001)Picking this once again. If you love Pan's Labyrinth and ghost stories like The Orphanage you've got to see this; it's even set in an orphanage.

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Thursday, May 5, 2016

Hello there and welcome to Thursday Movie Picks a weekly series where you share three movie picks each Thursday. The
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This week's Thursday Movie Picks
is Androids/Cyborgs

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I'm picking Androids because there doesn't seem to be a lot of cyborgs on film, at least good films.

Ex Machina (2015)A programmer is invited by his wealthy employer to his very private and secluded estate to administer a test on his highly intelligent android. Ahh...finally saw this. Very atmospheric and eerie and just all round great.Blade Runner (1982)A cop is assigned to hunt down a couple of androids that have returned to earth to meet their maker. Not sure which version (Original? Director's Cut?) I saw, but I really enjoyed it and am curious about the other one. And hey only 3 more years till 2019.

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)An android boy yearns to be human and loved by his adoptive human mother. So sad.

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